Forty Years Ago in Diller and Nearby Towns
The column recalls long-ago residents and events in Diller and surrounding areas. It notes Henry Kanter with his companion at Lanham, former janitorship at Masonic Hall, property purchases on Hilton street, and many local tradespeople and families. It mentions bridge work north of Lew Oaks, the Fanders business transition, Morton’s anti Christmas trees stance, and fifty year old community items including a tragedy from the Kellerman family and early sleighing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Oaks
River Thames Liquid History in London's Lifeblood
The river Thames offers a 70 mile glimpse into London's port history, serving as a waterway for business and leisure for centuries. It once hosted more passenger boats on its surface than carriages on all London streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Thames
Thames
Feeds listed for livestock and poultry rations overview
Feeds include Baby Chick Mash and Pellets 26 percent supplement mash and pellets for laying hens calf meals yeast feed bean meal soy bean meal cottonseed meal limestone alfalfa meal dog food buttermilk molasses peat moss salt blocks stock salt steel cut oats dairy rations smoke salt meat salt and more.
New Model City At New York World's Fair
A magic carpet ride two miles above Democracity will headline the New York World's Fair opening April 30 1939. Henry Dreyfuss designs a dramatic sky show with marching workers filling the arch of heaven and rainbow light, in the eighteen story Perisphere with new projection and fluorescent lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Dreyfuss
Heaven
Trylon
Garden City
Democracity Exhibit Envisions City of Tomorrow
planners engineers architects and other experts shaped a model city for 1,000,000 residents with homes in suburbs and factories in satellite towns. The blueprint shows traffic overpasses, hospitals, shops, bridges and dams. The Perisphere entrance rises fifty feet with two giant moving stairways and two revolving platforms for visitors.
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Dreyfuss
Friday the Thirteenth and Unlucky Day Superstitions
The article notes that many adults view Friday the Thirteenth as unlucky though some hold minor beliefs. It discusses four leaf clovers salt over left shoulder and sun shining through rain with devil heating superstition ideas.
Friday and 13: a long superstition across cultures
The article traces fears around Friday and the number 13 from Norse myth to Christian influence. It notes Frigga and Baldur in ancient beliefs, Friday’s sacred ties, and the lasting stigma of 13 in history, including Columbus voyages and the 13 colonies choosing a flag with 13 stars and 13 stripes.
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Frigga
Baldur
Marcia Winn
Chicago Tribune
Christ
Valhalla
Loki
Balkar
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Kanter
Lanham
Harry Green
Masonic Hall
Henry Madden
Hilton Street
Henry Stahl
Harbine
Diller
J J
Orondo
Washington
Clyde Wright
Ed. Wright
Steele City
Clyde
Lincoln
BE Ballard
Beatrice
Leslie Osborn
Peoples’ Bank
Smith Diller
George Powers
Record Office
Bert Ballard
Fairbury
Geo Cross
Court House
Nelson
Colman and Nelson
J D Fanders
Waggoner Brothers
Fanders
Oscar Amos
Sterling Morton
Mr. Morton
John Henrichs
Mr. Pearce
George Bixby
Diller Cemetery Association
A H Colman
Sam Green
Joseph Bixby
W H Diller
Henry Hadley
W A Boggs
George
Emma Diller
Kellerman
Geo P. Heath
August Kellerman
the Diller Cafe
J. A. Pickard
Mash Builder
D. A. Cooper Co
John Huttenmeyer
Mgr
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Bivog Crosby
Franciska Gaal
Shirley Ross
Ben Blue
Akim Tumiroff
Adv
Horton
Paris
Honeymoon’’ Plus
Cartoon and News
Anna Gillis
Little Ophan Annie
Michael Whalen
Jean Rogers
Akim Tamiroff
Frances Farmer
Joe E Brown
Aliso Bob Baker
Ghost Town Riders
Green Room
Allen’s Special Coffee
Pound
Brookfield Cream
Allen’s Store
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